The Hudson River

Tuesday, Sept. 18

We stayed at Waterford an extra day to wait out the bad predicted storm which turned out
to be the right decision if for no other reason than to get to know the couples on "Equus"
and "Eagle's Wings".  It was good to be tied up at the dock during the high winds and
heavy rains. Breakfast was at Don and Paul's Restaurant, the local breakfast hangout, very
busy on a rainy day.
While going down the Erie Canal there was twice we watched gray squirrels swimming
across the wide canal. I had no idea they could swim like that.


Wednesday, Sept. 19

We left to start our journey down the mighty Hudson River and our timing was good as
we had a favorable tidal current all day, allowing us to go 9 - 9.7 miles per hour the whole
time. The Hudson River is wide and relatively deep with a lot of commercial traffic. Albany
is beautiful from the river with some interesting old buildings on the waterfront.
We made it to Riverview Marina in Catskill, NY where tomorrow we will have our mast
stepped and we will once again be a sailboat. Mike, the owner here is very pleasant and
accomodating. There are quite a few sailboats traveling this way now and it's interesting
that almost all of them in the two marinas here tonight are Canadian. Apparently this is the
time of year the parents send their kids off to college and then take off to the south in their
boats.

43 miles